Title

Price information and bidding behavior in repeated second-price auctions

Authors

Authors

J. A. List;J. F. Shogren

Comments

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Am. J. Agr. Econ.

Keywords

auctions; bidding; experimental markets; price; valuation; MARKETS; FOOD; SOMATOTROPIN; PREFERENCES; VALUATION; VALUES; IMPACT; Agricultural Economics & Policy; Economics

Abstract

Examining panel data on bidding behavior in over forty second-price auction markets with repeated trials. we observe that (i) posted prices influence the behavior of the median naive bidder; (ii) posted prices do not affect the behavior of the median experienced bidder or the bidder for familiar goods; and (iii) anticipated strategic behavior wanes after two trials. The results suggest that while affiliation might exist in auctions for new goods, the repeated trial design with nonprice information removes the correlation of values and provides the experience that bidders need to understand the market mechanism.

Journal Title

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volume

81

Issue/Number

4

Publication Date

1-1-1999

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

942

Last Page

949

WOS Identifier

WOS:000083309500015

ISSN

0002-9092

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